Appendix H. The Election of 1860: Results by State

This is a table of electoral votes by state in the 1860 U.S. presidential election. A more detailed table is available from Wikipedia.

Electoral Vote
     State Electoral Votes
Lincoln Douglas Breckenridge Bell
free states Union Maine 8      
New Hampshire 5      
Vermont 5      
Massachusetts 13      
Rhode Island 4      
Connecticut 6      
New York 35      
New Jersey 4 3    
Pennsylvania 27      
Ohio 23      
Indiana 13      
Illinois 11      
Michigan 6      
Wisconsin 5      
Minnesota 4      
Iowa 4      
Oregon 3      
California 4      
slave states Maryland     8  
Delaware     3  
Kentucky       12
Missouri   9    
Confederacy Virginia       15
Tennessee       12
North Carolina     10  
South Carolina     8  
Georgia     10  
Florida     3  
Alabama     9  
Mississippi     7  
Louisiana     6  
Arkansas     4  
Texas     4  
    Total electoral vote 180 12 72 39
Popular vote
  number of votes percent
Lincoln 1,865,908 39.8
Douglas 1,380,202 29.5
Breckenridge 848,019 18.1
Bell 590,901 12.6